Lessons for Women
Historical writing and a contested text on women’s education and conduct in Han China. Read educational possibilities alongside the hierarchy the text assumes.
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Begin with Ban Zhao
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Ban Zhao
Nancy Lee Swann translation, 1932, reprinted in The Human Record, second edition, 1994 Translated by Nancy Lee Swann.
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